A survivor's love

Not nearly Love

By: Jamiela V. Valcurza

Love necessarily needs distance.

Distance that means a space for once.

Once that would never be enough

Enough to make me happy and laugh.

Love grew unexpectedly.

Unexpectedly, expecting the unexpected.

Unexpected but I always assume

Assume that our hearts are in the same room.

When love was away, I wasn’t sure to stay.

Stay to wherever I stopped and watch you away.

Away from the very point I bravely say.

Say you’ll stay.

No one will ever understand the feeling.

Feeling that nobody has ever felt.

Felt like it was already wrong to hold.

Hold on to things that weren’t right

In the end you’ll just see you end up

Up to the oceans of doubts and fears

Fears that already conquered, now formed

Formed as an advice to whoever feels the same.

A Lover's Poem

“The way I’m Left Behind”

By: Ken Dexter C. Arandela

Wheels roll and doors closed

As I watch you leave from afar

I hear the silent screams of my heart

Screaming for you to stay with me

As you disappear in the horizon

My eyes were locked in

Locked in the position where you sat

Hoping that you would look at me back

The time I’ve spent with you

Moments that I’ll never forget

Things I’ve done that I’ll never regret

Stays in my mind

Reminding me of your love.

I scream in walloping silence, begging!

Begging for you to be with me

I’ll never stop asking you,

“Will you stay with me?”

Perhaps it’s wrong to say “Love me back”

Because love has nothing in return

I’ll never count the things I’ve done for you

It just states that I am impatient

You once said that love waits

That lovers have to be patient

And must have understanding

With boundless faith

It hurts to love when you’re away

That’s why distance is also part of love

My heart yells for you

But you had to go, to rest

When you’ll come back and see me

Please smile with all your might

Hug me with all your strength

For me to forget that I waited so long.

“My heart beats only for you”.